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I see OP used Logic Pro X, which for the educational purposes on the README makes sense (targeting a wider audience), but for me it feels like a misleading title. That said, I am happy to see not-hobbyist producers releasing content like this.

For those interested in music production with FOSS tools, I highly recommend checking out Ardour and Unfa's videos with session files and all you need to get started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgw7mNBEZlQ

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Oh! I did provide uncompressed audio and/or MIDI - I was considering putting together Audacity projects but to be honest I'd just rather give away what I genuinely did.

That is a great initiative, and I wish more producers release more content like this, my remark was due to expectations related to the "FOSS mixtape" title.

That said you should use what is best for your workflow (not for the sake of it being FOSS).

Although Ardour is perhaps almost there in terms of maturity, LV2 plugins (open source format) are not anywhere close. You can still use VSTs and AU in the windows/mac versions IIRC.

There is kinda community around releasing music with available session files with FOSS tools, although not many as polished as yours (see [1]).

1: https://libremusicproduction.com/music

I absolutely depend on Logic, it's fantastic library of software instruments with EXS24, and I've used it for so long, it's second nature to me. :)

I also love the side benefit of being able to express ideas on my iPad or iPhone using GarageBand, and the ability to open those ideas and refine them later in Logic is fantastic. There is no workflow, within my lifetime, that I can see replacing it, for myself, personally, anyways. ^_^

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